DmitryFarber wrote:
Bambi2021Agreed. This is in no way a valid SC problem. The "instead of" part is both illogical and ungrammatical, and the initial part of A doesn't work. There's no object for the word "produce." If we want to say "produce it," with "it" meaning "language," then we can't add "understandable." This would mean "produce it understandable and make it understandable," and that doesn't mean anything.
C is much better, but the comparison at the end still doesn't make sense. Why are we comparing "underlying simplicity" and "great complexity"? The only point of using "underlying" would be to show that this simplicity underlies complexity at some other level, so it just doesn't work to make this contrast.
Hi
DmitryFarberHope you are doing well!
My thought process was also very similar to yours when it came to evaluating choices A and C.
The reason I settled with choice A is that choice A conveys the meaning (no problems there, especially in the "
produce it understandable" part) in a more straightforward way than option C does.
And that is the point of GMAT SC - to be flexible and arrive at the balance of grammar and meaning - which choice A does effectively than C.
Let me know what you think.
Regards.